The Secrets Behind Growing an On-Demand Design Platform and Scaling to the Inc. 5000 with John Grzybowski | Podcast #97

Johnathan Grzybowski, is the Chief Marketing Officer and co-founder of Penji, an on-demand graphic design service. Penji’s goal is to provide an innovative solution by making essential tools and resources more accessible and affordable for entrepreneurs, business owners, and leaders. Penji has been named as “top startup to watch” according to Philadelphia Magazine and mentioned in major publications like Huffington Post, Forbes, and Inc. Prior to Penji, Johnathan founded multiple marketing related startups and also worked for Apple. Johnathan is also the host of Blind Entrepreneurship, a podcast that has been mentioned as a top business podcast on Apple Podcasts and downloaded over 100,000 times.  During this interview we cover:00:00 Contentfy, Your On-Demand Content Team (Sponsor)01:02 - Intro + Announcement  02:27 - John’s Background, Past Positions & Ventures04:45 - Idea Behind & Launching Penj09:16 - On-Demand Unlimited Service & not a Per Project or Per Hour Rate 11:43 -  How Many Designers Working at Penji Right Now14:42 - Pay Per Project or Full Time Employees 17:16 -  Designing Projects & Requests between Designers20:10 - Getting to the Inc. 5000. & Penji’s Growth Stages26:26 - Leveraging SEO for Lead Generation & Giving Back to the Community30:15 - Marketing Channels for the Bets ROI33:30 - Effectively Managing Remote Teams34:56 - Marketing Efforts that not Worked39:12 - Outsourcing your Life44:01 - What does Success mean to John Today45:02 - Advice John Would Tell his 25 Year old Self46:12 - Biggest Challenges John is Facing Right Now47:14 - Instrumental Resources for John49:45 - Get in Touch with John Mentions:Penji Books:Never Get a Real job Get In Touch With John:John’s Linkedin Tag us & follow:Facebook  LinkedIn  Instagram  More about Akeel:Twitter LinkedIn More SaaS Podcast Sessions SaaS Consulting ServicesLearn How to Value a SaaS Company